Biology:Pomatostomus
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Short description: Genus of birds endemic to Australinea
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| White-browed babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pomatostomidae Schodde, 1975 |
| Genus: | Pomatostomus Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Pomatorhinus temporalis[1] Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
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Pomatostomus is a genus of small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea. All four species are distributed in Australia, and only the grey-crowned babbler could also be found in south New Guinea.[2][3]
Pomatostomus is the type genus of the family Pomatostomidae. It was the only genus in the family before the Papuan babbler was classified as a separate genus Garritornis.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Pomatostomus temporalis | Grey-crowned babbler | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. |
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Pomatostomus superciliosus | White-browed babbler | central and southern Australia |
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Pomatostomus halli | Hall's babbler | eastern Australia |
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Pomatostomus ruficeps | Chestnut-crowned babbler | south-eastern Australia |
References
- ↑ "Pomatostomidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=123.
- ↑ Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (2020). "Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae), version 1.0" (in en). Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.pomato2.01. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pomato2/cur/introduction.
- ↑ International Ornithologists' Union. "Multilingual Version" (XLSX). https://worldbirdnames.org/Multiling%20IOC%2012.2_b.xlsx.
External links
- Pseudo-babbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q1968643 entry
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